Ad hominem attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand. Allegory: Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts. Allusion: A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person. Anecdote: A short tory used to illustrate a point the author is making.
Ad hominem attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand. Allegory: Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts. Allusion: A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person. Anecdote: A short tory used to illustrate a point the author is making.
Ad hominem attacks the opposing speaker or another person rather than addressing the issues at hand. Allegory: Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts. Allusion: A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person. Anecdote: A short tory used to illustrate a point the author is making.
Ad Hominem Argument: Attacks the opposing speaker or another person
rather than addressing the issues at hand Allegory: Fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words Allusion: A reference, usually oblique or faint, to another thing, idea, or person Ambiguity: Uncertain or indefinite; subject to more than one interpretation Analogy: The correspondence or resemblance between two things that are essentially different Anecdote: A short tory used to illustrate a point the author is making Antecedent: Every pronoun refers back to the previous noun or pronoun Antithesis: An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses Apostrophe: A figure of speech in which an absent person or personified object is addressed by a speaker Appositive: A word or phrase that follow a noun or pronoun for emphasis or clarity Assonance: A type of internal rhyming in which vowel sounds are repeated Asyndeton: When the conjunctions (such as and or but) that would normally connect a string of words, phrases, or clauses are omitted from a sentence Atmosphere: The emotional feeling or mood of a place, scene, or event Attitude: The feelings of a particular speaker or piece of writing toward a subject, person, or idea. Contrast: Oppositions Colloquial Language: Slang or common language that is informal Connotative: The interpretive level of a word based on associated images rather than the literal meaning Deductive Argument: The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example
Diction: An authors choice of words
Didactic: Writing which has the purpose of teaching or instructing Elegy: A work that expressed sorrow Ellipses: Indicated by a series of three periods; shows that words have been omitted Ethos: Refers to generally ethics, or values Euphemism: A mild or pleasant sounding expression that substitutes for a harsh, indelicate, or simply less pleasant idea Exposition: Writing or speech that is organized to explain Figurative Language: All uses of language that imply an imaginative comparison Foreshadowing: A purposeful hint placed in a work of literature to suggest what may occur later in the narrative Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used to achieve emphasis Imagery: A mental picture that is conjured by specific words and associations Inductive Argument: Creating a case by providing specific examples and drawing a conclusion based on the evidence they provide Irony: When a situation produces and outcome that is the opposite of what is expected Juxtaposition: When two contrasting things are placed next to each other for comparison Logos: The use of reason as a controlling principle in an argument Metaphor: A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared directly Metonymy: A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it Mood: The prevailing or dominant feeling of a work, scene, or event Onomatopoeia: An effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning Oxymoron: Two contradictory words in one expression